Thomas Henry Hines Autograph Book, 1863

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Title

Thomas Henry Hines Autograph Book

Date

1863

Repository

The Filson Historical Society Special Collections Louisville, Kentucky 40208 USA

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to researchers.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], Thomas Henry Hines Autograph Book, 1863, Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville.

Extent

1 v.

Scope and Content

Confederate soldier, secret agent, and judge. Hines was imprisoned at the Ohio Penitentiary with John Hunt Morgan and the officers under Morgan following their capture in July 1863 while on Morgan's Ohio Raid. Hines escaped with Morgan and a few others on 26 Nov. 1863, and is credited with masterminding the escape. Book of autographs of his fellow prisoners collected by Hines in Sept. 1863 while imprisoned in the Ohio Penitentiary

Subjects

• Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864.
• Morgan's Ohio Raid, 1863-- Sources.
• United States-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865-- Prisoners and prisons-- Sources.